Thanks. I couldn't find anything on them when I searched. My Google-fu
is weak, I guess.
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 10:26 PM, <ejgorman99@aol.com> wrote:
> I recently ran across some Mercury Mysteries by Woolrich, Richard
> Powell and others, but I can't seem to find out much about this
> particular line of digests. They look like Reader's Digest condensed
> versions of mystery novels. Is that impression correct? They seem to
> be fairly rare. Does anyone collect these?
>
> ------------
>
> Here's some background with covers.
>
> http://www.philsp.com/mags/mercury_mystery_book.html
>
> http://www.philsp.com/data/data207.html
>
> Mercury Mystery-Book Magazine
>
> Total Issues: 23
>
> Numbering began from #210. It was a continuation of the Mercury Mystery
> novels, published in digest form since Mar-1940.
>
> Issues & Index Sources
> Sep-1955 – Apr-1959:
> Monthly Murders
> Crime Fiction Index (in progress)
>
> #merges with Bestseller Mystery Magazine
>
> Publishers
> Mercury Publications
>
> Editors
> Joseph W. Ferman
>
> Formats
> digest
>
> Prices
> 35c
>
> Pagecounts
> 128pp
>
> Frequency
> Sep-1955 – May-1956: monthly
> Jun-1956 – Apr-1959: bi-monthly
>
> Sources
> UltGuide, CookMDE
> Issue Checklist
>
> Mercury Mystery Book Magazine (Australia)
>
> Total Issues: 6 (at least)
>
> Australian reprint edition of Mercury Mystery Book Magazine.
> Issues & Index Sources: Mar-1956 – ?:
> Crime Fiction Index (in progress)
> (Missing: #2, any after #6)
> Publishers: Atlas Publishers, Melbourne
>
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